Indoor clothes-rack.



F. A. SANDIVIAIHJ.v

INDOOR CLOTHES RACK.

APPLICATION ran-:0 AUG.25. 1917.

Patentd May 7,1918.

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FEED A. SANDMAN'N, OF BROOKLYN, YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 HARRY E.

' BABTOW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

mnoon CLOTHES-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May "Z, 1918.

Application filed August 25, 1917. Serial No. 188,158.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. SANDMANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of a new and Im- Clothes-Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to racks or display devices and .has'particular reference to indoor clothes racks or driers.

Among the objects of the invention is to proved Indoor provide a rack adapted for holding dish cloths, laundry or other analogous purposes in a convenient and compact form or position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rack, the mainportion of which is adapted to be held at a convenient elevation for the purpose of putting the clothes or other commodities upon the rods thereof and then subsequently elevating the same to a position out of the way and in the upper part of the room where the drying of the clothes will be naturally facilitated by the higher temperature that is likely to prevail in such place.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same Parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement, parts being broken away to better illustrate the construction; and

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional detail on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings I show my improvement as comprising an upright 10 of any suitable rigid material and of suflicient length to extend from any convenient point within reach of the operator to a point toward the ceiling. This upright is indicated as being of cylindrical form and secured rigidly at its upper and lower ends by means of screws 11., or their equivalent, to the wall 12, or to any other suitable support. The fastening screws circumstances.

11 pass through blocks 13 whereby the upright is held at a slight distancefrom and parallel to the wall.

The main part of the drier may be termed as a whole as a vertically adjustable head 11-. This head comprises a bar or rib 15 preferably of cylindrical form and of suiiicient size to possess enough rigidity for the purpose of the invention. Upon the bar 15 are slipped and journaled a series of knuckles 16 each of which is adapted to be swung around the vertical axis of the bar as far as may be permitted by the wall or other The bar 15 may be of any length suitable for accommodating as many of the knuckles as may be required for any particular situation or service. The lowermost knuckle may be held upon the bar by any suitable pin or key 17 and then between each two adjacent knuckles is inserted a collar or spacer 18 of any suitable length or thickness so as to provide free rotary movement between adjacent knuckles. Any two of the spacers such as indicated at 18; however, must be of sufiicient size or strength to accommodate as many guides 19 shown in the form of screw eyes, the shanks of which are fixed into the spacers and the eyes of which embrace the upright 10 with a sliding fit. The uppermost knuckle 16 may be keyed in place by a fastener of any suitable nature at 20 so as to hold the entire-assemblage of knuckles and spacers in proper place upon the bar 15.

Each knuckle is preferably of the form indicated in Fig. 2, having a rounded inner end slightly larger in radius than the spacers, and having a rectangular outer end constituting a hub into which a horizontal rod 21 is adapted to be fixed and supported. These rods 21 extending from the several knuckles are adapted to project radially from the bar 15 in as many different vertical planes so as to utilize a maximum space for drying purposes, as suggested in Fig. 2.

In practice the head 14 is lowered to a position within convenient reach of the operator and is there supported temporarily by any suitable means, as for example a pin 22 projected transversely through any hole 23 formed in the upright. After the garments or other devices are placed upon the the devices supported thereon is as high as desired along the upright and the head will be supported in this position by the use of the pin 22 or its equivalent. A device made in accordance With this invention is exceedingly cheap in construction and simple and easy of operation andfurthermore is most advantageous in practice and calculated to occupy a minimumamount of space in com parison with its capacity for supporting laundry or the like.

I claim:

1. A clothes rack, comprising a round bar adapted to be secured to a support in a fixed and spaced relation thereto and provided t With a plurality of apertures, a rod, a plurality of hubs having clothes arms and mounted to turn on said rod. spacing collars on the rod between the said hubs, means for securing the hubs on the rod, eyes secured adapted to be secured to a support in a fixed I and spaced relation thereto, a head consisting of a rod, 'a plurality of hubs having clothes arms fixedly secured thereto and mounted to turn on the rod, collars betvvv'een the said hubs, means for securing the hubs on the rod, means carried by the head'for mounting it on the rod soas to "turn and slide thereon, and means for holding the said head in the position to which it is adjusted on the bar.

FRED A. SANDMANN.

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